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5 Things You Need to Know Today: Oct. 11

1. Digital Killed the Polaroid?: Ten years ago today the Polaroid Corporation filed for federal bankruptcy protection, citing inability to compete with digital technology. So what’s happened since? Polaroid has spent the past 10 years working on a comeback. Check out the Polaroid 300, for under $100, which puts an instant photo in your hand, instead of piling them up on your memory card.2. Johnson Express: Presidential candidate Gary Johnson will roll through the city today on his bicycle. A dedicated athlete, Johnson’s ETA at Freewheel Cycles is noonish.3. Hunter’s Moon: Tonight is the full Hunter’s Moon, so called because it immediately follows the full Harvest Moon, so called because it is the moon occurring closest to the autumnal equinox, which this year fell on Sept. 23. Point being, go outside tonight and enjoy the moon.4. Lovely Libra Ladies in the house: Born today you share astrology with golfer Michelle Wie  (22),  “Bones” actress Emily Deschanel (35), and humanitarian and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, (127).5. And on that note, your quote of the day: From birthday girl Eleanor Roosevelt: “A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all-knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.”

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